Technology and Learning Program

Using Blackboard CE/Vista Accessibly: Tutorials for Course Designers

Produced through EnACT: Ensuring Access Through Collaboration and Technology

These tutorials and the accompanying checklist will help instructors make sure that they consider the accessibility of their Vista course including wise use of the tools built into Vista and awarenes of its limitations.

Note: These tutorials should be valid for Blackboard Vista 4 and 8, as well as Campus Edition 6 and 8.

For infromation about making accessible instructional materials to load into Vista (i.e. Syllabus, powerpoint slides, etc) please see the Toolkit for Creating Accessible Instructional Materials.

Video Tutorials

Video Tutorial: Course Navigation

Video Tutorial: Course Colors

Video Tutorial: Content Links

Video Tutorial: Labeling Images

Video Tutorial: Inaccessible Tools

Checklist

Vista Accessibility Checklist

Accessible Instructional Media Information

Read the abstract describing the rationale for this AIM project along with references.

See the library of other AIM projects created through EnACT.